The South Carolina Heritage Corridor: Discovery Route (SC Discovery Route) is a highway that is a part of the South Carolina National Heritage Corridor, which contains one other highway known as the South Carolina Heritage Corridor: Nature Route or the Savannah River Scenic Byway. The Discovery Route runs for , serving historical sites in cities such as Greenwood, Ninety Six, Anderson, Charleston, Walhalla, Abbeville, Due West, etc. Some sites it also passes by are the Ninety Six National Historic Site, the Edgefield Courthouse, Erskine College, etc.
Route description
Upstate The Discovery Route travels throughout the state generally in a northwest–southeast direction (no signage indicating direction within this route). In the Upstate, it is mostly concurrent with US 76 in Westminster to Honea Path, US 178 from Main Street in Anderson to SC 184 in Donalds, SC 72 from Main Street in Abbeville to SC 72 Business in Greenwood, and from SC 248 in Ninety Six from SC 34 to US 178 near Epworth.
Midlands In the Midlands, it follows US 25 and US 25 Business into Edgefield. It then enters Aiken via SC 19. After splitting from SC 19 in downtown, it joins US 78 (Charleston Highway) for quite a while on the way out of Aiken.
Lowcountry Entering the Lowcountry, it and US 78 meet US 321, US 301, US 601, US 21, I-95, US 15, US 178 (once again), SC 27, and US 17 Alt. before finally splitting in Summerville. The Discovery Route follows the routing of SC 165 and SC 61, meeting I-526 before ending in Charleston at US 17.
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References
External links South Carolina National Heritage Corridor UofSC Digital Collections - SC Heritage Corridor